The Showdown Effect Released and Trailer

Releasing a new video, Paradox Interactive today announced the launch of The Showdown Effect, a 2.5D action-combat multiplayer title from in which players will be participating in death-matches to gain glory and fame. The focus of The Showdown Effect is in recreating the outrageous action found in classic action movies and taking them one step further. Players can pick weaponry from the silver screen's unparallelled arsenal, including shotguns, frying pans, lightsabers, assault rifles, grenades, katanas, gauss guns and anything in between. The Showdown Effect was developed by Arrowhead Game Studios, the team behind Magicka.